AP, Dallas News, WashPo, etc., Lie About Ted Cruz’ Abortion Statement

You’d think conservatives Ted Cruz and Mike Lee are outspoken
enough without liberal media sources having to lie about their words. But you’d
be underestimating the unscrupulous partisanship of political “journalists."

But when the press was lionizing
her [Texas state Sen. Wendy
Davis] for fighting for the right to take the lives of unborn children in late
term abortions, it was really striking. The pro-life protestors put their arms
around each other and began singing “Amazing Grace.” And the pro-abortion protestors
began chanting “Hail, Satan.” There comes a point when you can’t make
this stuff up. At least it’s truth in advertising. But that is in fact what they
were doing, arm in arm, chanting “Hail, Satan,” embracing the right to
take the life of a late term child.

But here’s how The Dallas Morning News and others twisted it
in headlines and leads:

“Ted
Cruz likens abortion rights backers to satanists in appearance"

“Calling
their opponents Satan worshippers and savages”

“Sen.
Ted Cruz, a Texas Republican who is a favorite of the tea party, said
supporters of abortion rights chant ‘Hail, Satan’ to silence their
enemies"

The report was slightly less dishonest when it came to Lee, saying,
“Sen. Mike Lee, a Utah Republican, said those who support abortion rights favor
a ‘culture of death’ and engage in ‘savagery.’”

In an overwhelmingly positive and heartfelt speech that received
a standing ovation, Lee said a movement that deems ending another’s life a
“right” favors a “culture of death,” and called the abortion procedure savage,
not pro-abortionists. (More after video.) Here’s what Sen. Lee actually said:

Well there was a group of
pro-abortion protestors. I refuse to call them pro-choice because I think
that’s a euphemism that overlooks the kind of savage butchery that they
advocate. They showed up at our home in Virginia.
A big grey-hound bus full of them and they were carrying signs and they were
shouting slogans…

Since this morning, some of those outlets have changed their
reports, but CMI has screen captures of the origninals.

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